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Personality
| psychoanalytic perspective | Fred's theory of personality that attributes our thoughts and actions to unconscious motives ( sex & aggression) and conflicts -focus on childhood |
| Unconscious | according to Fred, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories. |
| Id | Fueled by Libdo, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives - operates on the pleasure principle, no delay, demands immediate gratification- Largest part of persongality. |
| Superego | Provides standards for right and wrong morals (the conscience) |
| Ego | The Negotiator balances the demands of the Id, Superego, and reality |
| Personality | Fred's idea of the minds struction of being ice iceberg |
| Free Association | In psychoanalysis a method of exploring the unconscious -person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing |
| Dreams | Royal road to the unconscious |
| Freudian Slips | Mistake in speech that reveal the true nature of the unconscious |